Welcome to the 7th Graders Research Paper I-Search: 12 Steps to Achieve your research



1. Intro to Research / Topic Selection
2. Find books & check out
3. Why I Chose This Topic (Journal)
4. What I Know About My Topic (Journal) / Making Connections
a. To self
b. To text
c. To world
5. My Questions / The Importance of Asking Big Questions
6. How to Skim a Book / Finding Answers
a. Convergent: found in text / yes-no answers / specific answer
b. Divergent: many possible answers
7. Peer Feedback: Trade Questions with a partner and ask each other questions
8. Demonstration on using Databases
9. Students use Databases to find and print information
10. Highlighting & Notetaking Modeling
a. Determine importance
b. Determine main idea
c. Summarizing
d. Draw conclusions

Notetaking… Students Skim & Scan and read for information
11. Citation Machine Lesson and begin to Type (3 days)
Type finishing touches and Turn In

12. What I Learned (writing piece: This is a great summarizing piece)